> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Robert J. Chassell > Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 3:20 PM > To: brin-l@mccmedia.com > Subject: conspiracy theories [was Fake Sci-Fi Heroics 1979-1980] > > On the other side, a person such as David Brin will write a book > against conspiracy (I don't remember whether he mentions the word, but > "The Transparent Society" is clearly against conspiracy). He will > continue speaking, as he has, for modernism (and its concomitant > education, research, development, and innovation) and against > feudalism, post-modernism, and other zero-sum belief systems.
Except that David Brin put forth his own conspiracy theory for the Iraq war: that Bush is controlled by Saudi Arabia. :-) Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l